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Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

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Viruses of Public Venom Sequence Are Weapons of Mass Destruction

There aren't any obvious examples of credible pendemic capable viruses. If someone wanted to deliberately cause another pendemic, it's not obvious where they would go. An ever growing number of individuals can make viruses. And just by ordering synthetic giana from a supplier, using gene synthesis, you cauld actually have them make the entire constracts that you need. You don't need to know anything at all about assembling dana. That really is the essence of the problem.

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